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Wayne Escoffery: "My philosophy is keeping one foot in the past and one foot in the future" - DownBeatMarch 2018.

Scott Bradlee: “When audiences hear it [Sweet Child O’ Mine] there’s a lightbulb moment when they recognise the song’s hook, even though it’s in a different context. They’re so used to hearing it one way that it causes some cognitive dissonance. If it’s a song they’ve disparaged in the past and they now find themselves liking it, that’s really interesting to me” – DownBeat March 2018.

To the best of our knowledge, details of the above events are correct but may be subject to alteration.

Saturday, May 09, 2015

The Early Bird Sessions @ The Lit & Phil. May 9

Jazz musician and educator Paul Edis invited a select
group of students to get out of bed early on a Saturday morning to participate
in a workshop at the Lit & Phil in Newcastle.

The signs are good – the participants turned-up and so
did an audience.

This first meeting of the Early Bird Sessions
attracted five keen students culminating in a half hour public performance. Trumpet,
tenor sax, guitar, bass and drums. The age range 15-17. Some familiar faces (some
veterans of the Gateshead International Jazz Festival!), one or two already
sitting-in around town, under Edis’ leadership good things are sure to come
from the initiative. Five tunes in thirty minutes, a lot packed in to the
allotted time available. The Flintstones
opened the programme (Ya-ba-da-ba-do!), Rollins’ St Thomas calypso-ed along, Scrapple
from the Apple featured good guitar playing, bass and drums Headhunted a Chameleon (good tenor sax) and trumpet
opened up on C Jam Blues.

Yes, the signs are good. These guys are the future of
jazz. Show your support. Bop Before You
Shop suggested a Lit & Phil big wig. A good idea. The next session –
Saturday 18th July – will be well worth the effort. Don’t forget – 11:00am
sharp. £2.00. on the door.

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Bebop Spoken Here -- Here, being the north-east of England -- centred in the blues heartland of Newcastle and reaching down to the Tees Delta and looking upwards to the Land of the Kilt.Not a very original title, I know; not even an accurate one as my taste, whilst centred around the music of Bird and Diz, extends in many directions and I listen to everything from King Oliver to Chick Corea and beyond. Not forgetting the Great American Songbook the contents of which has provided the inspiration for much great jazz and quality popular singing for round about a century.The idea of this blog is for you to share your thoughts and pass on your comments on discs, gigs, jazz - music in general. If you've been to a gig/concert or heard a CD that knocked you sideways please share your views with us. Tell us about your favourites, your memories, your dislikes.Lance (Who wishes it to be known that he is not responsible for postings other than his own and that he's not always responsible for them.)